Mike provides experienced counsel to employers of all types on how to handle the unpredictable twists and turns of workforce management.

Get To Know Mike

Mike provides outside counsel to private companies and local governments, agencies and boards on a variety of matters, including all aspects of labor and employment law. Mike has represented clients large and small in matters ranging from internal management issues, state and federal agency proceedings, and state and federal litigation through trial and appeal.  He has been recognized as a Best Lawyer in America, a Virginia Super Lawyer, a Virginia Business “Legal Elite,” and was rated as “AV Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubbell.

In his time at Washington and Lee University School of Law, Mike served as a lead articles editor on the Washington and Lee Law Review, won the John W. Davis Appellate Advocacy Competition and placed fourth in the Nation in the American Bar Association’s Negotiation Competition. After graduating from law school, Mike had the privilege of clerking for the Hon. Jackson L. Kiser in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia.

In the community, Mike serves as the Chair of the Greater Roanoke Workforce Development Board, sits on the Board of the Roanoke Area Ministries House, and he recently served on the Vestry of Christ Episcopal Church.

Credentials

Clerkships

Hon. Jackson L. Kiser, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Education

Washington and Lee University School of Law, J.D.

Hampden-Sydney College, B.A.

Admissions

Virginia

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia

U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia

Supreme Court of Virginia

Affiliations

  • Roanoke Area Ministries (RAM), Board of Directors
  • Roanoke Bar Association
  • Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM)
    • Roanoke Valley, Blue Ridge Chapters
    • Roanoke Valley SHRM, Past Legislative Chair
  • Ted Dalton American Inn of Court, Former Member
  • Virginia Bar Association
  • Western Virginia Workforce Development Board, Executive Committee
  • Franklin County Human Resources Association
  • Christ Episcopal Church Vestry Member

News & Insights

Other Publications & Media

Co-author. “Employment: North America, USA – Virginia.” Lexology Getting the Deal Through, September 19, 2023.

Co-author. “Employment: North America, USA – Virginia.” Lexology Getting the Deal Through, October 17, 2022.

“Cannabis Cans & Can’ts: How Employers Should React to Legal Marijuana in Virginia.” VBA Journal, Spring 2022.

“Can a Business Be Liable to Its Employees for LGBT Discrimination?” Lynchburg Business, February 2018.

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